The Sorbonne Nouvelle University (, also known as Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3, Paris 3, Sorbonne Nouvelle and the Sorbonne) is a

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Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

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. It is one of the inheritors of the historic

University of Paris The University of Paris (), known Metonymy, metonymically as the Sorbonne (), was the leading university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for 1793–1806 during the French Revolution. Emerging around 1150 as a corporation associated wit ...

, which was completely overhauled and restructured in 1970.

History

The historic University of Paris first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was reorganised in 1970 as 13 autonomous universities after the student protests of the

French May May 68 () was a period of widespread protests, strikes, and civil unrest in France that began in May 1968 and became one of the most significant social uprisings in modern European history. Initially sparked by student demonstrations agains ...

. Sorbonne Nouvelle, or "Paris III", is one of the inheritors of

faculty of humanities ("arts et lettres").

University sites

The Sorbonne Nouvelle has sites at various locations in Paris.

Main university campuses

* Sorbonne Campus — central administration offices, Literature department * Nation Campus – the main teaching site, named after the arrondissement (since 2022) *

Condorcet Campus The Condorcet Paris-Aubervilliers Campus, known as Condorcet Campus, is an inter-university campus of the universities of Paris, located between '' Porte de la Chapelle'' in Paris and '' La Plaine Saint-Denis'' in Aubervilliers and inaugurated in ...

— Institute for Advanced Latin American Studies (IHEAL) * ''Maison de la Recherche'' – Located rue des Irlandais in the

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, it is the university's main research centre and facility. * Sainte Barbe Library and Sainte Geneviève Library – Located near the ''

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'' in the Latin Quarter, those two research libraries are owned and managed by Sorbonne Nouvelle University.

Other locations until 2022

* Censier Campus – located rue Censier, was abandoned in 2022 * Bièvre Campus — houses teaching and research facilities for language study and the main staff and student refectories * Rue Saint-Jacques — French as a Foreign Language department * Rue des Bernardins — The Linguistics and Phonetics department * Rue de l'École-de-Médecine — English Studies department * Place du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny — Houses the E.S.I.T (School of Interpreting and Translation) * Asnières – located outside of Paris, where the German Studies department, now closed, was housed.

University libraries

The Sorbonne Nouvelle has one central (the Sorbonne Nouvelle Library, known as 'BSN') and five specialised libraries (Foreign language and culture and French literature). It is also connected to the

Sainte-Geneviève Library Sainte-Geneviève Library (, ) is a university library of the universities of Paris, administered by the Sorbonne-Nouvelle University (a public liberal arts and humanities university) located at 10, place du Panthéon, across the square from ...

, the

Sorbonne Library The Sorbonne Library (French: ''Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne'') is an inter-university library part of the network of 36 libraries of the Panthéon-Sorbonne University, in Paris, France. It is located at 47, rue des Écoles in ...

, the Inter-University Library for Oriental Languages and the

Sainte-Barbe Library Sainte-Barbe Library (French language, French: ''Bibliothèque Sainte-Barbe'') is an inter-university library in Paris, France, that opened in March 2009. It is located in the buildings of the former College of St. Barbara, and has been registered ...

University press

The Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle publishes research carried out by the university. P1300734 Paris V place de la Sorbonne rwk

Accommodation and refectories

The ''Crous de Paris'' (

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) is the organisation responsible for both student accommodation and refectories in Paris. It runs various student halls of residence and student restaurants both in central Paris and in its outskirts.

Sorbonne Paris Cité Alliance

Sorbonne Nouvelle University tried to become a member of

Sorbonne Paris Cité Alliance Sorbonne Paris Cité Alliance (Alliance Sorbonne Paris Cité) is a university alliance since 2019 and a former association of universities and higher education institutions (ComUE) for institutions of higher education and research in the city o ...

, which groups together several Parisian universities. Due to opposition from students and professors, the project did not succeed.

QS World University Rankings

In 2023, the

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ranked the Sorbonne Nouvelle University as follows: * Linguistics: 96 (3rd in France) * Modern Languages: 151-200 (5th in France) * English language and literature: 151-200 (3rd in France) * Arts and Humanities: 215 (6th in France) This ranking includes both universities and public and private educational institutions without distinction.

Notable alumni

* 200px, Entrance of one of the buildings of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University, 5 rue de l'École-de-Médecine, Paris. Formerly buildings for the royal school of drawing under Louis XV

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- French film director and screenwriter *

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- Film Professor *

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- Algerian writer and linguist *

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- French film director *

Jean Bessière Jean Bessière is professor of Comparative Literature at the Sorbonne ( University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle), and was educated at the École Normale Supérieure and holds a PhD (docteur d'Etat) from the Sorbonne as well as being agrégé ...

- Academic and writer *

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- Academic *

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- Linguist *

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- French film director *

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, Film producer *

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- French actor *

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- Iranian Poet *

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Professors and former professors

* Henri Adamczewski *

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* Raymond Bellour *

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* Linda Cardinal *

Michel Chion Michel Chion (born 1947) is a French film theorist and composer of experimental music. Life Born in Creil, France, Chion teaches at several institutions in France and currently holds the post of Associate Professor at the University of Paris III ...

Serge Daney Serge Daney (; June 4, 1944, Paris – June 12, 1992) was a French movie critic. He was a major figure of '' Cahiers du cinéma'' which he co-edited in the late 1970s. He also wrote extensively about films, television, and society in the newspaper ...

* Michel Marie * Stéphane Michaud * Luc Moullet * Annie Ousset-Krief *

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* Danica Seleskovitch

References

External links

Research site of the Sorbonne Nouvelle

Forum de Paris 3
news by and for Censier students
Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle

CROUS de Paris
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